emerging markets
Stablecoin Surge Could Trigger $1T Exit From Emerging Market Banks: Standard Chartered
Rising stablecoin usage could offer savers in weak economies a safer alternative to local banks.
Crypto Adoption in Emerging Markets Poses Risks to Financial Resilience: Moody's
The risks are most acute in areas where crypto's use extends beyond investment into savings and remittances, according to the report.
Plasma Unveils First Stablecoin-Native Neobank, Targeting Emerging Markets
The rollout comes ahead of Plasma’s mainnet beta launch on September 25.
The Future of Digital Asset Infrastructure in Latin America
Although cryptocurrencies have the potential to entirely change the economy and access in Latin America, their success hinges on infrastructure that prioritizes the needs of marginalized populations, regulatory clarity and educational efforts, writes ChainMyne’s Kimberly Rosales.
From Existential to Irrelevance Risk
The crypto industry faces the next big risk on the way to a maturing asset class: irrelevance, says Ilan Solot.
Stablecoins Increasingly Used for Savings, Payments in Emerging Countries, but Crypto Trading Still Leads: Report
Commissioned by Brevan Howard and Castle Island Hill, the survey covered more than 2,500 crypto users in Brazil, Nigeria, Turkey, Indonesia and India.
Binance Boosts Bitcoin, Ether Trading in Argentine, Brazilian, South African Currencies With Fee Promotion
The crypto exchanges promotion comes as trading volumes plummet to four-year lows, hurting the exchange’s revenue stream.
What ChatGPT Thinks About Digital Assets
Todd Groth of CoinDesk Indices quizzes ChatGPT about crypto and then explores how that might factor into an investment opinion.
Bank Consolidation Threatens Freedom, Makes Case for Bitcoin
The biggest threat from the banking crisis triggered by this month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank might not lie in the potential for depositors to lose their savings but in the censorship power that massive banks are now accumulating as customers move their money.
Xapo Bank Integrates Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, Partners with Lightspark
Crypto pioneer Xapo has quietly assembled interest-bearing, deposit-guaranteed USD bank accounts with a view to providing alternative financial services in emerging market countries.
